Waiting...

Nora eating a teething biscuit.

We are waiting for a few things this week. First, Nora is getting all 4 of her top teeth. They are just below the surface, in fact one could not be much closer to the surface, so they must be breaking through soon. These teeth are taking much longer to come in. When Nora got her 2 bottom teeth in, once we saw them below the gum's surface it was only a day or two before they cut through. I have seen 2 under the surface for 1 1/2 weeks now and the others since this weekend. We are going on day 3 of a very fussy Nora, so we will all be glad when this wait is over. And then Nora will be able to really bite things, which is good and bad.

We are also waiting to hear back from Edward Jones this week. Justin had his interview Tuesday afternoon. They told him it would be 7-10 days before he heard back from them. Reading online forums, most candidates hear back in 1-3 days after the interview. We are on day 2. We are patiently (and sometimes impatiently) waiting for an answer.

Finally, we're waiting for our pastor's wife Miki to go into labor. She is having a baby any day now and we are watching their 7 kids while she and our pastor Doug are in the hospital. Miki says she's really dropped and had some big contractions, so we'll see. You may remember that we posted last summer about babysitting them for 4 days. It was a crazy time but very fun. And this year, there will be 8 kids with Nora! I think I have a little more energy now though that I'm not pregnant. The kids kept wanting me to run and play soccer and do a water fight, but I was like "Hello, I'm 7 months pregnant!". So do you think we can we handle it??? I think so, the older kids are such a big help and they all have their assigned chores. We will definitely be posting pictures of that wild time! We already have some plans. And again, NO we do not want to have 7 (or 8) kids.